Thinking about buying your own small farm? Maybe raising some goats and artichokes? This dream can be hard to put into ...

Shae, left, and Anna Pesek pose with calves on their Over the Moon farm in Iowa. The farm was one of thousands benefiting from a local food program recently cut by the Trump administration. (Helaina ...

The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day proved that dedicated growers won’t let summer temperatures dampen their enthusiasm for learning. Despite the hot weather, 63 attendees gathered at the Purdue ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The 2025 Indiana Small Farm Conference will take place at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds on March 4-5. The conference, hosted by Purdue Extension, serves as an annual ...

Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...

Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...

Driving up a dirt road to the small produce stand at Bear Butte Gardens just outside Sturgis, one would never imagine the ...

NEWPORT, Va. (WDBJ) - A couple in Newport is preparing to launch an app they say will help small-scale farmers like themselves by making it easier to sell products directly to consumers. The Red Hen ...

Linda Adams is a Purdue Extension Community Wellness Coordinator for Marion County (Indianapolis), serving since 2015. She collaborates with communities to implement sustainable policy, system, and ...

After nearly 100 days of traveling the nation and visiting directly with hundreds of farmers across America, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently released the first set of policy ...

A Cheshire farm that has produced fruit in the state since 1757 has closed its doors for good. Norton Brothers Fruit Farm located at 466 Academy Road in Cheshire announced on its website that “The ...